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Chapter 197 Too smooth

Tianmen, Immortal Kingdom, Ancestral Worship Ceremony...

Gu Chen, who heard the news, was a little confused.

What he can be sure of now is that Emperor Qi An wants to open the Tianmen through the Immortal Kingdom, and once the Tianmen is opened, the lives of everyone in Daqi may be in danger.

So I must stop Emperor Qi'an.

But how to stop the other party?

"Method one, destroy the Immortal Kingdom, method two, destroy Emperor Qi'an's ceremony to open the gate of heaven, method three... run as far as you can, it's best to go to death."

The Heavenly Secret Jade Box gave Gu Chen a series of solutions.

Gu Chen was silent for a while, and asked:
"Then what shall I do?"

Heavenly Secret Jade Box: "(￣△￣;), don't ask me, I have all the solutions for you, you can think about it yourself."

"..."

"But I can give you a hint."

"what?"

"There is a second-grade rare treasure in Pinghu Division, named [Moonlight Bottle]. Wearing the Moonlight Bottle on your body can block sunlight and everything related to sunlight."

The secret jade box gave Gu Chen such news.

Gu Chen's pupils shrank slightly.

The moonlight bottle that can block all sunlight, the importance of this thing to Gu Chen is self-evident.

With this thing, Gu Chen can make Hei Si Mou appear in the city openly and aboveboard during the day, and he can even directly turn himself into a ghost, increasing his chances of survival.

"How do I get this thing!"

Gu Chen asked eagerly.

The secret jade box said: "It's simple, ask the director for it."

"???"

A bunch of question marks appeared on Gu Chen's head.

This method is indeed simple, but the key is that Gu Chen just walked over to ask for it from the director of the Pinghu Department, and the other party might not give it to Gu Chen!

Gu Chen had never met the Director of the Pinghu Department, and the two were not related, so Gu Chen found the Director of the Pinghu Department in such a brazen manner, and then told him to lend me the treasures in the company.

If the other party doesn't dismiss Gu Chen as a psycho, it's considered educated.

The Tianji jade box saw what Gu Chen was thinking, and soon popped out another note.

"Don't worry, if you ask him for it, he will give it to you."

The Heavenly Secret Jade Box swears so firmly, and Gu Chen doesn't know whether to believe him or not.

However, with the attitude of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, Gu Chen decided to give it a try when the time comes, anyway, it doesn't cost money to try.

click-

Maybe it's because all the things that should be said have been said, a note popped up from the Tianji Jade Box at the end:
"Okay, it's almost time, see you next time, ┏(＾0＾)┛"

"..."

As soon as this sentence popped up and was seen by Gu Chen, the door behind him was opened.

Gu Chen looked towards the incense stand in the corner of the room, and the time for a stick of incense had passed.

……

Coming out of the Yibao Pavilion, Gu Chen recalled the conversation with the Tianji Jade Box just now, over and over again.

He tried to find a flaw in the words of the Tianji Jade Box, trying to figure out the real purpose of the Tianji Jade Box.

But in the end, he found that the Tianji Jade Box seemed to be really helping himself, or what he thought was the human world.

Stopping Emperor Qi'an was not only for Gu Chen, but also for the common people of Great Qi.

But at the same time, there are many doubtful points on the jade box of secrets.

The most important thing is why the other party uses punctuation marks and kaomoji. Is the other party something left by the time traveler, or is he a time traveler himself?
Gu Chen hadn't had time to ask these questions, and now he could only hide them in his heart.

Seeing Gu Chen coming out, Gu Chengye, who was talking to someone outside, greeted him. He looked Gu Chen up and down, and asked:

"Has the prophecy been fulfilled?"

"…Um."

Gu Chen nodded with a solemn expression.

At the same time as the Heavenly Secret Jade Box bid farewell for the last time, another note used to disguise the prophecy popped up.

——Prevent Emperor Qi'an from becoming a fairy
The simple seven words are perfect for prevaricating Gu Chengye.

Seeing Gu Chen nod his head, Gu Chengye seemed relieved, and then he didn't take Gu Chen out of Pinghu Division, but said to Gu Chen:

"Come with me, Director Bai wants to see you."

"!"

Gu Chen was slightly startled.

The Heavenly Secret Jade Box just reminded me to go to the director of the Pinghu Division to ask for the rare treasure, but the director of the Pinghu Division told me to go there just after he came out. Is there any connection between the jade boxes?

But on the surface, Gu Chen didn't react at all. He let out a sigh of relief, and followed Gu Chengye to the interior of the Pinghu Division obediently. After some inspection, he met the director in charge of the Pinghu Division.

The director of the Pinghu Department is the third-rank official, which is equivalent to the six ministers, but in fact, he who is in charge of the Pinghu Division's magical weapons and strange treasures has a much higher status than these third-rank officials.

Even the two prime ministers of the current dynasty did not dare to use their official positions to suppress this person.

However, Pinghu Division does not participate in court battles. Although he has a high official position, he only guards his own one-acre three-point land, and usually does not show mountains and water. Ordinary people and even some officials do not know the existence and role of Pinghu Division.

But now, sitting in front of Gu Chen is the highest director of Pinghu Division.

Director of Pinghu Division, Bai Ye.

He is also the current Patriarch of the Bai Family in the capital city, the elder of Bai Lingqiao that Gu Chen met in Ningzhou.

Standing under the white leaf, Gu Chen looked at the director of the Pinghu Department in front of him from the corner of his eye.

Bai Ye looks young, and looks like she is only in her 30s. She is dressed in black, with gold borders and runes inscribed with special patterns on the black clothes. It looks like it should be a rare treasure.

There is a rapier at the waist, the whole body of the rapier is pure black, and the scabbard is also gold-rimmed on a black background. The front and back sides of the sword grid are engraved with Tai Chi runes, which looks extremely mysterious.

Gu Chen looked at the thin sword on Bai Ye's waist and the clothes on his body, and guessed which one was the magic weapon controlled by Bai Ye.

Gu Chen is clear that Director Pinghu has a magic weapon on him, but he doesn't know whether he usually puts the magic weapon outside or keeps it in the dead stone.

"You are Gu Chen."

While Gu Chen was looking at Bai Ye, Bai Ye asked Gu Chen softly.

The voice was soft and kind, without seeming hostile.

Gu Chengye stepped aside early, listening to Bai Ye's question, Gu Chengye didn't make a sound, just watched from the side.

Gu Chen cast a glance at Gu Chengye, then nodded to Bai Ye and said:

"Report to the director, the humble minister Gu family Gu Qianchen."

"Well, that's right."

Bai Ye nodded, and then asked: "What prophecy did the Heavenly Secret Jade Box give you?"

"..."

Gu Chen fell silent and did not dare to speak. He first turned his head to look at Gu Chengye, and after seeing Gu Chengye nodding to himself, he took out the 'prophecy' given by the jade box of secrets from his bosom, and handed it to Bai Ye, saying:

"My lord, please take a look."

Bai Ye stood up, came to Gu Chen and picked up the prophecy.

Then he actually laughed and said:
"Oh, can this kind of thing be called a prophecy?"

He seemed to sneer at the prophecy of 'prevent Emperor Qi'an from becoming a fairy' written on the prophecy.

Gu Chen didn't dare to reply, because he wasn't sure which side this white leaf was on.

Bai Ye tore up the prophecy, smiled and said to Gu Chen:

"I've known about stopping him a long time ago. This is not a prophecy. You should... also talked to it about other things, right?"

"...I don't understand what you are saying, Mr. Director."

Gu Chen said in a flat tone.

What he talked with the Tianji Jade Box involved his own time travel and hole cards, and it was impossible to easily tell a stranger who had just met.

Bai Ye didn't seem to be angry either, he still smiled and said:
"Don't understand? Okay, then I won't ask you, just tell me what you want."

"..."

"What? That broken box didn't let you ask me for something?"

Bai Ye asked like this.

Gu Chen's thoughts ran through his mind, then nodded and said:
"...Forgive me for taking the liberty, I want to ask for a second-level rare treasure from Pinghu Division, [Moonlight Bottle]."

"Okay, come on, go to Tiangongfang and get the moonlight bottle!"

When Gu Chen said what he wanted, Bai Ye stretched out his hand very readily, and said to the subordinates outside.

Then, in just a cup of tea, the moonlight bottle was delivered to Gu Chen's hands.

This level of smoothness made Gu Chen unable to react.

Just...that's it?
I got the things that the Heavenly Secret Jade Box asked me to take?
Gu Chen couldn't believe it.

All this went so smoothly that Gu Chen felt extremely unreal.

What made Gu Chen even more unbelievable was yet to come. After handing over the treasure to Gu Chen, the young director of the Pinghu Department presented two more items.

That's dead rock.

Seeing the two dead stones in front of him, Gu Chen held his breath.

He looked up at Bai Ye in a daze. Although he didn't ask anything, his expression and attitude fully expressed his doubts.

Why... Baiye would give the dead stone to herself?

How did he know that he needed the Death Stone?
Seeing Gu Chen's eyes widen in shock, Bai Ye came over and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

"I once made a deal with the Tianji Jade Box. It said that it would help me become a master without any side effects, and become the director of the Pinghu Division. Everything handed in is handed over to you.

"This second-level rare treasure is a dead stone, and it is also within the scope of the transaction."

Bai Ye was able to sit in this position at a young age, less than 40 years old. Apart from her own luck and strength, the most important thing was the help of the Heavenly Secret Jade Box.

When he saw the Tianji Jade Box by chance, the Tianji Jade Box seemed to see his future, and took the initiative to show his wisdom to make a deal with Bai Ye.

The content of the transaction is like this, at the right time, at the right place, hand over the prepared things to the right person.

Now is the so-called 'right time'.

Hearing what Bai Ye said, Gu Chen looked at the death stone and the moonlight bottle in his hand again, but his heart was full of dignity.

Having got everything he wanted, Gu Chen's heart should be filled with joy.

But at this moment, Gu Chen felt a kind of fear, a kind of fear that everything seemed to be arranged.

The secret jade box... Everything was arranged before Gu Chen came, just to help Gu Chen at the critical moment.

But this unreasonable kindness frightened Gu Chen, he didn't understand why the Tianji Jade Box valued him so much, and he didn't understand what he represented.

The Tianji Yuxi said that Gu Chen did not just travel through time, but the words 'wake up' also confused Gu Chen's thoughts.

What do they mean, why is it Gu Chen, does Gu Chen's time travel have something to do with them...

Gu Chen's mind was in a mess, because thinking about these things, in the end he didn't even know how he left Pinghusi.

It wasn't until Gu Chen broke away from his chaotic thoughts and his consciousness dominated again that he realized that he was already sitting at home.

And Danzo and Jiebiao Danxi have been standing aside for a while.

"grown ups."

"boss."

Seeing Gu Chen raised his head, Danzo and Jiebiao Danxi shouted one after another.

Gu Chen took out the death stone and put it on the table, and then took out the so-called moonlight bottle and put it on the table.

The moonlight bottle is not a bottle made of ceramics as imagined, it is a glazed bottle, inside the bottle is fine sand dotted with stars, on top of these fine sands, there is an illusory full moon rising in the bottle.

Just like the night sky and the bright moon.

The function of the moonlight bottle is not only to block sunlight, but if you learn how to control it, you can also use the moonlight in the moonlight bottle to attack enemies.

But Gu Chen didn't like that little attack power. After thinking about it, Gu Chen handed the moonlight bottle to Danzo, and said:

"Go find a ghost, and let him try to see if the moonlight bottle can block the sunlight tomorrow."

"Yes."

Danzo put the moonlight bottle away, then looked at the death stone in Gu Chen's hand, and asked:

"Sir, do you want to summon it now? I can use reverse spiritism to let you go to Eternal Night City."

"No...let me think...let me think."

It stands to reason that with a new summoning opportunity, Gu Chen should immediately go to Eternal Night City to summon.

But this time Gu Chen hesitated.

Perhaps because of the persecution paranoia, all these experiences today made Gu Chen feel very uncomfortable.

He was worried that he summoned the No.5 character, which was also in the prediction of the Jade Box that day.

No, definitely in his predictions.

Otherwise, it wouldn't let Bai Ye hand over the Death Stone to herself.

Will the characters summoned by No.5 have something to do with the jade box?Or is it just that Gu Chen is overthinking, is the Heavenly Secret Jade Box really helping him?
But where in this world will there be help for no reason.

Gu Chen was just an ordinary person before the time travel, and his mentality has not changed completely after the time travel. He is extremely afraid of death. In order to keep himself alive, Gu Chen can sacrifice anyone.

Gu Chen also knew his character, he knew that he was not a strong person at all, and he also lost face to the traversers.

But Gu Chen doesn't care, as long as he lives on his own, he doesn't care about anything else.

And how could such a person be favored by others and be helped by so many people.

Think about it differently, if it was Gu Chen who hadn't time-traveled before, seeing Gu Chen's appearance now, he also felt that instead of helping such a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, it would be better to find someone who is more courageous and lucky to be the protagonist. people to help him.

For example, that Bai Ye, who was young and inhumane, had one of the only seven magical weapons in the world, and his position was below one person and above ten thousand people.

Such a talent is more worthy of assistance from the Heavenly Secret Jade Box.

But why is it me, why is it me...

"grown ups?"

Perhaps Gu Chen's expression was too terrifying, Danzo asked Gu Chen worriedly.

Gu Chen glanced at the two of them and said:

"...You go out first, let me be alone for a while, I want to think again, think again..."

Danzo and Jiebiao Danxi glanced at each other, they did not persuade any more, each saluted Gu Chen and left the room.

The door was closed, Yubiao Danxi looked at the door with complicated eyes, she said to Danzo:

"The boss's mental condition is not very good. I have seen it for a long time. The boss has a mental illness."

"Arbitrarily talking about your lord, if your lord hears this, you will suffer."

Danzo said to Yubiao Danxi with a blank face.

Jiebiao Danxi was silent for a while, then said:

"...If you hear it, let's hear it. I think it's better for the boss to call a psychiatrist or something next time. If mental illness is not treated, it is easy to go wrong."

As Jiebiao Danxi, who once suffered from mental illness, she has a good say in this regard.

A person's mental illness is not so easy to cure. If the psychological trauma cannot be alleviated, the trauma will make that person's mental illness more and more serious.

It may not be shown on weekdays, but once a topic related to the disease is touched, it will instantly drive a person crazy or collapse.

Jiebiao Danxi was like this in the past, once she continuously transferred herself, it would cause her own mental illness.

But there are many psychiatrists in Academy City, and Danxi Jiebiao would go to treat herself on weekdays.

But Gu Chen was different.

No one here dared to say that he was sick, and no one could treat him. His mental illness became more and more serious, and he valued his own life to an almost distorted degree.

Jiebiao Danxi saw it in her eyes, but she didn't dare to say anything more, not to mention that Jiebiao Danxi was not a psychiatrist.

Danzo didn't speak, he stood aside thinking.

Danzo doesn't think it's a problem with the psychological problem mentioned by Yubia Danxi.

There's nothing wrong with being more important to one's own life, especially since Gu Chen, as the leader of everyone, should value his own life even more.

Many people in this world are afraid of death, it is better to say that it is normal to be afraid of death, and it is not normal to be not afraid of death.

Gu Chen's fear of death is just that he values ​​his own life more than ordinary people, it's nothing at all.

Danzo and Yubia Danxi held different attitudes, and they looked at each other and stopped talking.

After waiting outside for a while, Gu Chen suddenly pushed the door open and walked out of the bedroom.

"Let's go to Eternal Night City and make the fifth summon."

He whispered, his tone was normal.

Danzo nodded and prepared to perform reverse spiritism, but Danxi Yubiao asked worriedly:

"Boss, are you okay? How about we take a day off and then..."

"No, the Heavenly Secret Jade Box said that I want me to stop Emperor Qi'an at the ancestor worship ceremony, but why do I have to wait for the ancestor worship ceremony to start?"

"what?"

"It's better to act first, I want to summon new combat power, verify the function of the moonlight bottle as soon as possible, and then..."

Gu Chen's eyes were burning with an inexplicable flame:
"—I want to take the initiative!"

(End of this chapter)